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Pearl Harbor
Japan unprovoked attack on the US -
US declares war on Japan
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Doolittle Raid
US Army Air Force bombing Tokyo and other Japan cities -
Battle of Midway
Naval battle between The US and Japan. Turing point of the war on the Pacific -
MacArthur returns to the Philippines
Famous speech “I have returned” -
Iwo Jima
Island in Japan captured by US and Marines raised the US flag. -
Atomic Bomb dropped
Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima which left over 120,000 people dead. -
V-J-day
Victory over Japan day